Does the pins or socket contacts look like they got over heated? Any
solder dropped out of the pins? I have read about resoldering pins but
the plating eventually is gone so the solder won't stick. Even so too
much heat could compromise the pin to glass seal. If that is the case of
soldering, I would try silver soldering if you could get in there and do
it fast with a high wattage iron.
Just what I have read online, no experience personally. If indeed that
is the failure, make sure you run better cooling on the sockets when you
do repair it or replace both the sockets and tubes so the contact to the
pin is absolutely perfectly clean and super tight.
Mike
WE0H
Rick Brashear wrote:
I have a 828 pentode with an intermittent filament. When I tap on the glass
it will usually stay lit as long as power is applied and sometimes comes
back on when I've removed power. When it's lit it works beautifully. It
seems I've heard guys talk of a hit and miss method of restoring filaments
in some cases. Does anyone know anything about this? I know we used to
rejuvenate picture tubes by applying certain voltages to them. I think I
still have my old CRT rejuvenator/checker around here some where.
Any info would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Rick/K5IAR
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